Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-21

O. Tuesday, laSs fhsss avusersd &
cur fest Tosnaeud oersssuouasuos a
item 70 tna a2saa ahat Ghs aannfa -
tiontd with - oaflnruss trIhs hes,
Ter sons years bean ssndinf g shs In.
dian DeDarsment a Wnshfuxauu uro.
tests against ths disturbances az elsau,
AnaiAn8 - whi1s settlers. FKnn rarorI
eaf eorTeapo11enf isaRned shat DsrfsI
feilens Who Aed prs-empted : frilIs
oysx TO hundred nerEs Of flmhar ard
3. she meui1 Is the QmilEayuaa river,
weeSe 81 ln1lAn villaRs uaa Hnesaed
see nes1ssd e tearing dsun midas
1aA aa4 enoeageEl1gt % eEiss tie nasives
from the len1. Tbs Dnifoa @safss ea1
pey0r had failed % note tha fnsl that 4
yillaRe vas located thess, and, & vas
nd. az. P1lisn had Little difienlly %
krisnda Of AF. Pullen haSs fhsaeks
the charges untzss AID psodnsad Ist-
YER eddEegse1 g Indian Aaenl Powsll q
Ne4h Bay and signed 81 some thirtg-
Ave l1dlans, eaki1a thai Daniel PuIIeu
Be apBoinled thsiE Ohief Of Pofiea ana
setting forth that Pullsn was thsir
tfsend; has they wanted him % live e
tnefF piaoe II oEdsR % bHy their akina.
otis and faEs, and sell them aroosEiea
and elothinR; that they did nsi sulsi-
yate the land, ana fhas ~ bad pald
them for the lsnd and for their work on
= aad vas wiling thsY should i've
FuFshsrnoss, Mr.. Z. D. PuIIen has
wFtften NJ 10 The effect that The Tndian
ARent % whom references was made Il .
leaeheR o. Indian children. Ths Ia
oiaras Be says, we're induosd b. Mr..
D1aiel Pulieu 70 locate On his farm,
g tneiR pEoeenoe vas q benefit 20
him 10 Q small degroes He says
that Daniel Pallen nsveF tore down
q hat belonging 20 Indians and that
me tEsuble b attEibufable 30 Q few dee
peEete natives whom former aesntn have
believed before She whites and whom
they have protected Ia thar WronRdo-
tnRs. Il = further stated that the title
% tbs land In question waa obtained
lawfully Iona before the survey and
tpat ne Indians are 20 scattered along
the Qaiilsyute and other rivers thai Z
would hardly b possible 30 note enact
y the situation Of villages. Mr.. Z. ID.
fulIens moreover tntimstes that the
Indian agents aFe the cause Of the trou-
BE and that they are e1deavorina 20 aet
DanseFs claim eanselisd in order 70
pEedt thereby.
Acting upon advice frurn Che Depart
ment at Washinefo1, the Land Once q
Olympia sent Mr.. J. u. Carson 10 fnYes-
llgafe he matter. He returned 10 PoFt
Townsend yesterday and vas intarview-
I'd By The PoeF fNTKLE1aEacn CORES
pondent. Being Questioned ~ 70
- ~ - - "a. L.
days issne be said:
Tuesdays issue Of your paper. Il 10
perfectly oorreet except 10 one point.
that IL concerning Pulleu's tearing
make this assertion, yes am unable 10
white settlers. Pollen has bnlldogsd
tue Indians 90 much that they have be-
come afraid Of him. Il appears that
the Government surveyor neglected 10
do IS the Law Requires, to n0te on bis
oocupied By an Indian village. PuIlsn
pEe-emption claim 10 July, 1882. TWo
years later be proved ~ on she land,
and commenced The erection Of a dwell
ing last year. Prior to this time be
and bic family had occupied q buiidinQ
watch had been purchased from GaIleck,
an old Indian trader. Besides these
improvements. only few sores Of land
has been cultivated. When Pollen
made the entry 10 vas undt rstood thas
as aooa gg the land vas proved up on
be would transfer the same to Baxter,
BFookss and several other silent part
nsrs, Who had banded together TO eb-
tain this valuable tract Of land from she |
By fraud. After the neces-
saRy pRoofs had bean legally fled Pull
len refused 10 make the transfer.
Jack, an Indian, who styles himself Q |
sab chief, Il used By Pullen as @ tool. /
Jack vas accused recently By the tribe |
Of murdaFina one Of his companions |
out nt SEQ willis sealing. The Indians /
rose mp With one accord and endsavoFed |
70 work venesnoe on the unfortunate,
but Puilen'a influence saved the red /
man. since thai time Jack has worked /
Ia harmony with Pollen, IN fuFtheFino |
bis schemes and aiding him 10 obtain
from the tribe fators which would
otherwise be refused. Although the
tribe were 81 oats with Jack, yet 10
spite of bic being under the lowering |
wing Of Pullen be exercised large infiu-
snce over the tribe.
"a petition was drawn up BY A. ].
smith, nov IN Seattle, father OF A. W.
smith, the present teacher In tbs Qail- /
layuts tribe, addressed 70 Colonel
Powell. requesting thai as Daniel Pull
len had always been Q friend 10 the
lribe and bought their skins, they. IN
thereof, desired that /
Daniel Rnllen be appointed Chief OF
Police. Tnis document vas never SAINT
10 Colonel Powell. The petition was
BY Jack and Pollen among
he Indians and explained 10 then -
40 agreement 10 SoFk on the road be-
tween Pysht and Qsillayute. In or
Der 10 be positive took 40 interpreter
along end Questioned . large number.
uho ssoutly asserted that the paper
that they signed vas an agreement les |
stated hefofO) 10 work on the county |
road. On being asked II they desired |
Pollen as Chief Of Police. tksy said mo-
With considerable emphasia,"
what object had Mr.. Pollen u OBJ
iaining the Indian signatures, II be
did not present them 10 Col. Powell,
asked the Posr fNrELKI0ENcnn nan.
"Why, for the pnFpose Of presenting
the e. ne 30 the Lind Omee 30 shoS
what hish regard the tsibs had for hin,
aud ghis vas calculated 10 dispsl any
dlstrnsi on The part Of sue Land Once
oonosEning ihe coed yin Of the Indians
towards Palleu.
"A.I. Saith wrote the . esitioa and
sinnsd A. W. smiths name 10 u think
fng thai A. VS. name W0eld bear more
Weae 81 than bis oyp. as A. W. Gas and
"a 8 teacher II the tsiho. Questioned
NJ. A. W. Smith and be ptcnopneed
eha naaition A forgery" concluded Mr..